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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1996-089 <br />INSPECTION DATE 10/17/05 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Construction Materials 112c permits. The operator <br />was contacted about the inspection, and the operator's representative named on page one was present during the inspection. <br />The site is identified by the required permit ID sign posted at the entrance. The permit boundary is marked byfencelines, and <br />the affected area boundary is marked by a temporary fence extending along the southern edge of the area being actively <br />mined. <br />The site is active, with crushing equipment in the pit near the toe of the highwall, and several stockpiles of gravel products in <br />the pit. Topsoil is being carefully stripped ahead of mining, and stockpiled on the eastern side of the pit floor. There is an old, <br />pre-permit topsoil stockpile located above the active highwall, that will be moved prior to being disturbed by excavation. It might <br />be stockpiled or might be placed on areas that have been graded and ready to be topsoiled. The operator is aware that all new <br />topsoil that is to be stockpiled longer than a year must be seeded. <br />The reclamation of the north wall of the pit is well underway. About half has been graded and seeded, with some thin <br />vegetation becoming established. The other half of the slope has only been rough graded, but may require only minimal <br />earthwork and revegetation at this point. The east side of the pit was not disturbed and is considered reclaimed. <br />Active mining is proceeding toward the SW. The ramp road into the pit has been slightly realigned to the north to <br />accommodate the advancing highwall. The pit floor in the existing (NE) part of the pit is at its final depth below surrounding <br />grade, and is expected to dip slightly to the SW as the pit expands, though depth of the pit relative to the surrounding grade <br />remains constant. <br />Fuel and other fluids are stored adequately. There is no debris or junk in the pit. There are no noxious weeds on the site. <br />Overall the site is kept very neat and orderly, and reclamation is carried out in a timely way as space allows. The bond amount <br />is due for review, and the new figures will be sent to the operator. The bond amount that is posted is currently above the <br />amount required, so there may not be an actual "increase" resulting from the upcoming recalculation, <br />No further items were observed during the inspection. Responses to this inspection report should be directed to the Division of <br />Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: Bob Oswald; phone no.970-247-5193. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME Ken Skoalund <br />OPERATOR Skoglund Excavating Inc <br />STREET PO Box 209 <br />CITY/STATE2IP Moffat. CO 81143 <br />cc: Diann Gese, BLM, DeI Norte, CO <br />cc: Harry Posey, DMG <br />^ CE <br />^ BL <br />^ FS <br />^ HW <br />^ HMWMD (CH) <br />^ SE <br />^ WOCD (CH) <br />^ OTHER <br />